“NIN is compulsory for 2021/22 UTME/DE registration”__ JAMB

The management of the Joint Admission and Matriculation (JAMB) announced that NIN is compulsory for the 2021/22 UTME/DE registration.

Moreso, the board said registration for the examinations will start on Thursday, 8th April to Saturday, 15th May 2021. The board said there will be no extension of time for the sale of the UTME/DE application documents.

According to a statement made on Wednesday by its, Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin the NIN applicants must provide their National Identity Number(NIN) before they can be registered.

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However, the registration will take place in 700 Computer Based Test Centres nationwide. The statement read, “This is mandatory for participation in the 2021 registration exercise.

“Registration will take place in 700 centres across the country; the list is available in all the state offices of JAMB and on its website at www.jamb.gov.ng.

“The approved schedule for registration and examination is that registration exercise will start on Thursday, April 8 and end on Saturday, May 15, 2021.

“Candidates are also to note that the registration for Direct Entry applicants will run concurrently with that of UTME candidates.

Recall that the former Jamb Registrar was arrested in Abuja, on Monday, March 15, 2021, and has been detained at the headquarter of the commission in Abuja.

He was arrested for committing several fraud crimes in the likes of Misappropriating 900 million JAMB fund during his time as the head of the JAMB and NECO.